Tuesday, September 28, 2010

"Eyes". My favorite, I make her say it a hundred times a day!"Purse""Pretty""Ash""Owy""Air" (hair)

Amazing! Doctors predicted she would be far behind and well she continues to prove them wrong! I have been worried about her speech, since she has had 20 ear infections this year and since tubes has had about 5. And her ears are always draining and she still can't pass a hearing test, but nope she is doing great!

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

My friend Sunset is a pretty amazing and talented person. She loves editing things and designing things, so I asked her to edit some pictures for me and here are some of the results. I love them all! Thanks Sunset! By the way, she also took the pictures too.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Jaxon is doing amazing in school. I so worried about this school year with the way things went last year. But I realized how much stress from last summer put on Jax when he started school this year. He loves his teacher, he loves school and he says first grade is the best ever. Why? Well here is why....

1. You get 3 recesses (yup, I remember those days)

2. He has choosing time. (They get to choose an activity for an hour a day, kind of neat, give them a little break from sitting in their desk)

3. He goes to school all day and doesn't have to worry about it brother picking on him or vise versa.

Overall, I am very impressed with his teacher, I emailed her a week ago and she responded right back saying that she was amazed with Jaxons fun personality and that he was doing really good. YAY! Makes me a happy Mom!

Yesterday was my Dad's 50th Birthday! We celebrated big, thats what he wanted. We had shephards pie in the dutch oven, carrot cake as he requested and tons of laughing. We got him good with silly string. It was a blast!!! I don't think he'll forget it.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

We dropped the kids off at Grandmas and Jax at school and left for Lava. We headed past Lava to go to Pocatello and eat at Jack in the Box (I know some people hate this place, but I love it!!!). We then did some shopping and headed to Lava, where we checked in at the Home Hotel and Motel. We got a pretty sweet room. After that we walked around and seen that people were tubing down the river, so we decided to go. We rented a double tube (I have no pics) and headed down. I was scared, I will admit, the last time I went down this river I was small and we almost drowned. Also, I didn't know the river so I was pretty freaked. We went up where the lady told us to go in, I had this bad feeling that it wasn't the right spot and told Bob that I wanted to go back down. Thank GOODNESS!!! Because I am not kidding you there was about a 6-7 ft waterfall (probably not big to some) and we would've never known. So we tubed the river and had a blast. We then went back to our hotel where we had a 2 person hot spring tub in our room and relaxed in it for a while. After we headed over to White Wolf Restaurant and had dinner (they play Bingo there). I started feeling weird, but thought maybe I was just exhausted since I don't really sleep all too much. By the time we got back to our hotel, I had a full blown migraine and well you can guess what happened the rest of the night. I cried myself to sleep and woke up at 4am. I feel horrible, because we had all these plans to go and listen to this live concert, play cards and just relax, well I more than relaxed. I have never felt that bad in my life. I can only think of two things that it was 1. Didn't drink enough water yesterday, because I normally drink like 6 bottles of water and I had none or 2. I was so exhausted that everything just caught up with me.

Also, it was so beautiful up there, all the leaves are changing colors and I was just in heaven.

Horrible picture of me, but I love the background!!

We won $6.00 on a scratch off, so we got a powerball for tonites lottery which is currenlty at 97 million. I have never bought lotto tickets, I think their a waste of money, but we were splurging.

Part of our tub, it was huge, I told Bob I want to take it home to my bathroom.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Last year I dreaded the Holiday Season, I was hating everything about it. I was not prepared for it, I didn't want to face it period. I think it was because I had such a depressing summer full of chaos. But I tried to make the best of it.

So I have made a list of all I plan to do and I plan to have the best Holiday Season this far.

October

Last year we had a Halloween Party and everyone brought a soup, we had like 6 different soups and it was so fun!

We went to the corn maze last year, but didn't make it far, this year, we will concur it!

I have never been to Frightmares and really want to go.

Bob's amazing Pumpkin Cheesecake will be a big hit this year as it is EVERY year.

My Favorite thing about October, the pumpkin patch to pick our own pumpkin.

I am excited for October, my kids have no clue what they want to be, but I am sure it will be figured out real soon.

November

Last year I didn't make it out for Black Friday, truth is, Bob and I had NO MONEY at all!

One of my favorite things that I missed last year, I love the beautiful site and just the feeling of being there.

My all time favorite Holiday, I can't wait!

November is one of my favorite months, couldn't be because its my Birthday or because my favorite Holiday is that month...Nope, not at all!!!

December

This was by far the month that I dreaded last year, I kept tossing around how we would buy Christmas for our kids. But the crazy thing is that everything works out in mysterious ways, it just does.

I love doing this, we did it growing up and it will be something I hope my kids remember.

Started this tradition a couple of years ago and will keep it going.

Also visit Christmas Village every year, I love it just as much as Temple Square, its beautiful and full of spirit.

My all time FAVORITE movie ever. I think I watch this over and over and over and over and over and over. I never get sick of it.

I will have my Christmas shopping done by the 10th of December. I will not be out on Christmas Eve shopping, instead, I will be sleeping in and enjoying my family.

Last year, my Family received the most awesome gift ever, Christmas from 97.1 ZHT, it wasn't just small things either, it was the best thing ever and over $1000.00 in gifts. Thanks to my wonderful friend Sunset. So we have decided as a family that we will be providing Christmas for another family this year. I totally believe in "paying it forward" when you can. This took so much stress off of me, I have never seen my kids smile so much and I couldn't stop crying. I sometimes listen to the recording just to remember how blessed I am.

I love Christmas Dinner

This year I will be using shutterfly for my cards, they have the cutest and we are getting our pics done this weekend.

Yummy! Mine will surely not look like the picture, but hey, we try!!

Another one of my favorites, reading Christmas stories EVERY night. I have a few favorites.

We will be building a snowman in our front yard this year. All 5 of us!

So here is my list, I am sure there will be other things come up. I am truly excited this year. Bob and I are at a good place (knock on wood), we feel blessed to be where we are compared to a year ago. I have an amazing family and the most wonderful friends who have stood beside me and not let me give up. So I say....BRING ON THE HOLIDAY SEASON!!!!

Monday, September 13, 2010

Lexi a day old in the NICU, the first time I got to hold her, this pictures makes me cry!!!

Ashton a couple of weeks old

Jax a day old

I miss my babies being babies. I miss cuddling them all hours of the day, I miss the 2am wake up call for feedings and a diaper change, I miss the soft cry of a newborn baby, I miss the look on a babies face when they look at you, I miss the cooing, I miss the smell, I miss watching a baby sleep, I miss the tiny diapers and I miss it all.

Where does time go? One day I am having a baby and the next I have 3 and then grow up right before my eyes. I really really really miss it all. I am sad that I can't have babies, but feel so extremely blessed to have the 3 I do. I love them whole hearted and would do anything for them. I just wish I could freeze time.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. --Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

This is our story

The 3 loves of my life

Leaning on Faith....

In July 2009 my Husband was diagnosed with Tetrology of Fallot, something that should've been taken care of as a child. But a miracle happened and he made it this long. He had open heart surgery on July 17th, 2009 and today, he is the healthiest he has ever been.

In September our little girl was diagnosed with Pulmonary Stenosis with a PDA and PFO. Right now she is being watched by Primary Childrens until things get worse or better. We are praying for the best.

On March 24th, 2010 we found out that our little girls heart healed on its own. We have found that miracles do happen and prayers do work. We feel blessed and happy, but couldn't have done it without all the wonderful people who prayed for us and cared.

One of my favorite pictures of Ashton Lee

Playing in the sand...

My all time favorite picture of my babies...

My Mom and Jaxon...Easter 06'

I never knew I could love someone so much as much as I love these adorable kids...

Ashton August 2009

Jaxon August 2009

Syracuse Pond...Absolutely Beautiful

Grandma Ash and the bunny

Ashton 2008

Our Family 2014

Jaxon - 10 years old

Ashton - 8 years old

Alexia - 5 years old

10 years together

9 years together

8 Years together

Bob & I 6 years together

a Mother holds their childs hand for a little bit, but their hearts forever...

My Husband and me

Jaxon Bailee Clemments

Born: May 30th, 2004

Weight: 9LBS 9OZ

Favorite Color: Orange and Blue

Favorite thing to do: Ride his bike, go camping, play outside, play with cars and watch movies.

Jaxon has taught me so much about life. He is a loveable child with a big heart. He has seen more in his life than most grown people see in their whole life. He is strong, determined and stubborn. Dream BIG Jax and NEVER GIVE UP!!

Jaxon Newborn

Jaxon and Mommy a couple of weeks old

1st Birthday

2 Years Old

3 years old

4 Years Old

5 Years Old

6 Years Old

7 Years Old

8 Years Old

9 Years Old

Ashton Lee Clemments

Born: June 12th, 2006

Weight: 9LBS 2OZ

Favorite Color: Green

Favorite thing to do: Play outside, make a mess, eating and picking on his brother.

Ashton is full of energy and life. He never stops and doesn't give up on anything. He will try anything atleast once. He hates shoes! He loves being outside, camping and swimming.

Ashton and me few hours after he was born

Ashton couple days old

1 Year old

2 Years Old

3 years old

4 Years old

5 Years Old

6 Years Old

7 Years Old

Alexia Marisa Clemments

Born: May 13th, 2009 at 12:14am

Weighed: 6lbs 8oz (she was born at 34 weeks gestation)

Favorite Color: Pink & Purple

Favorite thing to do: Play with her babies, Dora, follow her brothers around and play outside.

Lexi was born premmaturely, but you would never know. She is doing everything her age group does and more. She is truly a miracle and God blessed us with this little girl for a reason. She has brought so much joy and happiness to our lives. She loves both her brothers and follows them everywhere.